Curse of the Necrarch

Warhammer

by Steven Savile

Feared and reviled, the reclusive necrarch vampires lurk in their lairs, engrossed in mad experiments and dreams of depraved glory. When one of these foul creatures invades an Empire town and slaughters its inhabitants, its knight protector, the ageing hero Reinhardt Metzger swears vengeance.

Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Novels

410 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Steven Savile (born October 12, 1969, in Newcastle, England) is a British fantasy, horror and thriller writer, and editor living in Sala, Sweden.

Under the Ronan Frost penname (inspired by the hero of his bestselling novel, Silver) he has also written the action thriller White Peak, and as Matt Langley was a finalist for the People's Book Prize.

Reviews

[Nick · Rating 1 out of 5]

If the book had stuck to the necrarch themselves I might have found some fun in reading this book, the various humans in the story however were boring and I could not care less about them.

The ending was extremely rushed as if suddenly someone told the author he only had 20 pages left and could not rewrite anything he had written up until that point.

[Scott Buckley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very enjoyable and entertaining. Although the plot occasionally feels a little confused, it didn’t take away from the overall atmosphere and terrific storytelling.

[Kristopher Godwin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I feel a little split. The story was well done in my opinion, and it did a great job in describing the undead hoards. The end felt off. It was abrupt and felt sudden with a lot of things falling apart quickly, but I feel like thats tge way is was meant to be. Not every ending can be glamorous and dramatic, sometimes it can end too soon.

[untitled lullaby · Rating 1 out of 5]

This author likes to repeat words and go on rants. It makes for a long and boring read.

[Bradley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fairly average vampire story. Good strong plot. Pretty enjoyable. =)

[Nicholas · Rating 5 out of 5]

What can I say? This was a Warhammer novel, and like all Warhammer novels it was grim, dark and filled with the gritty realism of Medieval style combat that a lot of authors are simply afraid to really showcase in their work. Savile has a certain economy about his work that is very appropriate to this world. His characters are well developed, but you never get any irrelevant details about them, everything he tells you about them has a purpose. The setting is well showcased, and the dark, gothic feel of the Warhammer world shows through clearly, particularly in the terrain descriptions. There are no bright and sunny days in the Warhammer world! In a sense the plot, which is largely revenge-motivated, in more ways than one, is pretty standard, for Warhammer stories and to a lesser extent for vampire stories in general, but Savile dresses it up in such a way that you hardly notice this. All in all this is the kind of book that rarely looks good in review, but is actually quite enjoyable in the reading, so my advice is to try it for yourself.

[Marc · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not bad; the best part was the description of the undead as they moved through the Empire. The main characters were rather 2 dimensional, and the most intriguing character was a secondary vampire whose climactic ending fell flat.

[Patt · Rating 1 out of 5]

Let down not a good story but still read it if u like warhammer